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Topic: pulling vs cutting needles on JBP (Read 2283 times)

There seems to be a big difference between pulling old or new needles and cutting new or old needles on JBP.I believe to recall that in early winter old needles were cut with scissors and new needles were pulled out.

I may be wrong though. And I can't see why?

When we cut old needles, just above the sheds, can we still have needlebuds developping here? And do want to have needlebuds developping on old wood? With pulling needles there's no chance of preserving the needlebuds?Adventitious buds only appear on the internodes, were the extension of a branch took place?

On JWP cutting needles is done to prevent the bark from damage. This is different?

Yes, early in development cutting them off can be fine, though you don't get the practice of cleanly pulling the needles and sheath that you will need if you ever want to have clean branches on well developed or show trees. The japanese professionals (who primarily do JBP) pull the needles. And they do everything possible to speed things up so they can get as many trees done as they can. May be just to leave a clean, well done tree, for the customer.